Towel rack



Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

TOWEL RACK.

Application filed February 12, 1921. Serial No. 444,565.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALroNso A. BANKS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of borough of Manhattan, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel Racks.

This invention relates to improvements in towle racks and has for'its principal object to provide a device which when not in use may be folded against a wall in order to occupy a minimum amount of space.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which may be moved into its folded position without necessitating the removel of the contents of the rack.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which may be readily constructed of wire or similar material.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1, is a perspective view of this improved towel rack illustrating the same extended.

Fig. 2, is a side view of the rack illustrating the same folded and Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the rack illustrating the same constructed of wire.

Referring to the drawings in detail the numeral 5 designates in its entirety the rack which comprises a frame composed of side bars 6 and 7 connected at their outer ends by a cross bar 8. Similar cross bars 9 may be secured to the side bars intermediate their ends and it will thus be seen that a rigid frame for supporting towels and the like is provided.

The extreme inner ends of the side bars 6 are turned outwardly as at 10 and are received in openings in the brackets which will be more fully hereinafter described.

The brackets hereinbefore referred to are designated in their entirety by the numeral 11 and each of which comprises a forwardly extending arm 12 formed integrally with a base plate 13. As illustrated in the drawings these arms are provided with openings 14 for the reception of the outturned portions 10 of the side bars 6 and formed integrally with the arms 12 at their extreme outer ends are cars 15 forming rests upon which the under sides of the bars 6 impinge when the rack is in extended position.

In the modified form of the device illustrated in Fig. 3, the rack is designated in its entirety by the numeral 16 and comprises a pair of side bars 17 and 18 the outer ends of which are connected by a transversely extending bar 19. Similar transveresly extending bars 20 are arranged intermediate the ends of the bars 16 and the extreme inner ends of the bars 17 and 18 are turned outwardly to form trunnions 21.

The bracket used in connection with the wire structure above described consistsof a substantially U-shaped frame 22 provided intermediate the ends of its arms with loops 23 forming bearings to receive the trunnions 21 and the extreme inner ends of said arms are upturned as at 21 and provided with eyes 25 for the reception of suitable attaching screws 26. i

In use it will be seen that a towel or similar article may be hung on any of the transversely extending bars of either device and when it is desired to fold the device out of extended position, it may be thrown into the position illustrated in Fig. 2 without re uiring the removal of the article supported t ercon.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that certain minor changvs in the details of construction, combination and ararrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is 1- A towel rack comprising a bar and projection therefrom forming a U-shaped wire frame, said frame having upturned portions, the ends of which are unjoined and having loops formed integral therein to receive screws and the other portions of which are adapted to abut against the wall, loops formed in the arms of said frame between the bar and the wall abutting portions, a U-shaped towel supporting frame adapted to rest upon said bar, trunnions formed in 5 the arms of said towel supporting frame and adapted to be engaged in said last mentioned loops, said towel supporting frame being emma adapted to be swung up against the wall and a bar member extendmg across said towel supporting frame and adapted to have fixed relation therewith.

Signed at the cit county and State of New York, this 7th a of February, 1921. ALF NSO A. BANKS. 

